Jerry Blevins of the A’s — a man of the people, and the people are crazy about the man

A’s fans love Jerry Blevins, and Blevins loves ‘em back. He doesn’t get the pub that other teammates get, but Blevins is a key part of the bullpen and posts a 1.65 ERA in 14 appearances, which puts him among the league leaders. He got the win in that 19-inning game and got his first major-league at-bat, and fans were on his side so much that they began chanting his name.

Blevins said if a guy couldn’t get pumped up after the experience he had, “then you don’t have a heart.” Blevins has evolved into a bullpen fixture and fan favorite, as illustrated in my piece in Friday’s Sporting Green, and guess who was a trending topic on Twitter that night.

Je-rry, Je-rry.

The A’s open a series at Yankee Stadium Friday night. A.J. Griffin, Bartolo Colon and Dan Straily will pitch for the A’s, opposing CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes and Andy Pettitte.